--- title: The monarch accorded Sun a hearty welcome, saying, “It has been a ve… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: The monarch accorded Sun a hearty welcome, saying, “It has been a very long time since I have had the pleasure of having you come to see me.” Who acts: monarch, pleasure, you. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (monarch, pleasure, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78208:3:29 # text = The monarch accorded Sun a hearty welcome, saying, “It has been a very long time since I have had the pleasure of having you come to see me.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 accorded accord VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 hearty hearty NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 welcome welcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 13 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 19 since since SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | past | the monarch | a hearty welcome | Sun | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent sun=Goal welcome=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the monarch *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present · perfect | monarch | a long time | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the monarch *= monarch* | the pleasure | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | the pleasure *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the monarch *= monarch* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Winning Buddha's smile», Project Gutenberg book 78208 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/3/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/3/30/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/3/)